Śākha

Role: son · First appears: Chapter XXI

In Chapter XXI, in “lost past times,” Śākha was born to a king and his wife alongside his brothers Gulma, Anugulma, and Viśākha. After they grew up, Śākha and his brothers took daughters of kings from other lands as wives, then began behaving disrespectfully toward their father, who banished them.

At a desert place, the brothers agreed to kill their wives one after another and eat their flesh to survive.

Relationship record

Chapter XXI

• parent: The unnamed king who fathered Śākha, Gulma, Anugulma, and Viśākha (Chapter 021) “there reigned a king to whom his wife bore four sons, named Śākha, Gulma, Anugulma, and Viśākha.”
• parent: The unnamed wife of the king who fathered Śākha, Gulma, Anugulma, and Viśākha (Chapter 021) “there reigned a king to whom his wife bore four sons, named Śākha, Gulma, Anugulma, and Viśākha.”
• siblings with Gulma “there reigned a king to whom his wife bore four sons, named Śākha, Gulma, Anugulma, and Viśākha.”
• siblings with Anugulma “there reigned a king to whom his wife bore four sons, named Śākha, Gulma, Anugulma, and Viśākha.”
• siblings with Viśākha (Chapter 021) “there reigned a king to whom his wife bore four sons, named Śākha, Gulma, Anugulma, and Viśākha.”
• married with The unnamed wife of Śākha (Chapter 021) “After having all grown up, and taken to themselves as wives kings’ daughters from other lands, they began to behave disrespectfully to the king.”

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Extracted from the original text of Tibetan Tales, Derived from Indian Sources. Made with Rho MD.